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“People who talk about peace are very often the most quarrelsome.”

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Nancy Astor, born on May 19, 1879 in New York, USA, and died on May 2, 1964. She was a British politician and the first female MP and Foreign Secretary in the House of Commons. Astor is renowned for her strong political stance and outstanding contributions to diplomacy. more

“We said that a single injustice, a single crime, a single illegality, particularly if it is officially recorded, confirmed, a single wrong to humanity, a single wrong to justice and to right, particularly if it is universally, legally, nationally, commodiously accepted, that a single crime shatters and is sufficient to shatter the whole social pact, the whole social contract, that a single legal crime, a single dishonorable act will bring about the loss of ones honor, the dishonor of a whole people. It is a touch of gangrene that corrupts the entire body.”

People Ifs Said Whole Body Humanity Social Justice Loss Crime Honor Injustice Accepted Sufficient Contracts Dishonor Pact Social Contract Dishonorable

Author:Charles Peguy

“There are some people who have been reading me for years, and they keep saying kind things about the writing. That's what you're writing for, to get people to respond to it.”

People Writing Years Kind Has Beens Reading

Author:Elmore Leonard

“Many a man who has known himself at ten forgets himself utterly between ten and thirty.”

Men Forget Known Knowledge Identity Ten Thirty Forget Him

Author:Catherine Drinker Bowen

“While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant people, as a writer I just think about the humorous aspects of these things - that's what keeps me going when I'm writing a story.”

People Thinking Writing Stories Subjects Serious Humorous Aspect Agree Pleasant Serious Subjects

Author:Ann Beattie

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